Reduce Anxiety and Depression in Stressed College Students with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness is so vital. It’s being right there in the moment. It helps you be successful in everything you do. College students are under a lot of stress — that’s been a given forever. Now, they have […]
Improve Social Anxiety with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “for dealing with social anxiety, it is much more useful to practice mindful focus during conversations and other situations around people in which we are uncomfortable.” – Larry Cohen It is a common human phenomenon that being in a social situation […]
Different Types of Meditation Techniques Affect Neural Activity Differently By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “The picture we have is that mindfulness practice increases one’s ability to recruit higher order, pre-frontal cortex regions in order to down-regulate lower-order brain activity.” – Adrienne Taren Meditation training has been shown to improve health and well-being. It has also […]
High Mindfulness and Low Anxiety is Associated with High Level Cognitive Ability By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness meditation has been found to elicit a positive impact on cognitive performance and abilities such as attention, memory, cognitive flexibility, and quality of task performance.” – Integrative Therapeutics There is a tremendous amount […]
Reduce Menopausal Symptoms, Anxiety, and Depression during Menopause with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness cannot entirely remove the symptoms of menopause, but it can help you deal with them in a calmer and more compassionate way – and self compassion boosts mental health.” – Karita Cullen Menopause occurs in […]
Improve Glucodynamics in Coronary Artery Disease with Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Meditation can be a useful part of cardiovascular risk reduction/ I do recommend it, along with diet and exercise. It can also help decrease the sense of stress and anxiety.” – Deepak Bhatt Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) disease […]
Improve Psychological Well-Being with EcoMeditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Eco Meditation ,. . .is a powerful meditation, a synergy of multiple techniques, doing certain physiological moves to help you get into a deep delta meditative state, the same as a meditative master, and in only 90 seconds. You can do this […]
Make Self-Views More Positive and Relieve Social Anxiety Disorder with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “I call this type of mindfulness practice while we are interacting with others—or even while we are simply around others—curiosity training. We are learning to get out of our heads and into the moment. Instead of focusing our attention […]
Reduce Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Mental and Physical Illness with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “When you become aware of the present moment, you gain access to resources you may not have had before. You may not be able to change a situation, but you can mindfully change your response […]
Psilocybin in Combination with Meditation Practice Improves Psychological Functioning By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “The ingestion of psilocybin, brought on “mystical” experiences that reduced illness-related anxiety and depression in nearly 80 percent of subjects studied in research trials.” – Andrew McCarron Psychedelic substances have been used almost since the beginning of recorded history to alter consciousness […]